spin one’s wheels



spin one’s wheels

tv. to waste time; to remain in a neutral position, neither advancing nor falling back. I’m just spinning my wheels in this job. I need more training to get ahead.
See also: spin, wheel

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Esi-Western African, Akan
Dan (2)DAN (English), DAHN (Romanian, Czech, Swedish)English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, German, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Catharine['kæθərin]
RupertRUY-pərt (Dutch), ROO-pərt (English), RUW-pert (Polish)German, Dutch, English, Polish
Raimondorie-MON-doItalian
Alanaə-LAN-əEnglish